He must have sedated her with Ace, which has a reputation of horses coming out of it with no warning. He should have used Dormosdan. With enough of that, no way that horse is gonna paw.
"Well, we haven't been too impressed with him either"
He doesn't sound very professional, does he? I've never had a vet that would quit because of a fractious horse. They just drugged them until they got the desired result. To walk away after half a float is ridiculous.
Yeah - unless he was really injured, which does happen, (it's a dangerous job sticking your fingers into the orifices of horses) I don't see why he'd quit a teeth float because they're 'dangerous'. If they fight.... he didn't use enough sedative. If he was struck or pawed at, that can hurt, but it sounds weak to me.
I think my vet uses Ketamine for surgeries like gelding and suturing bad wounds, but I'm not sure what he uses for floating. I'll have to ask.
Don't know but I'm going to find out tomorrow. I have a new vet looking at her this week.